Zicatela surf break

Zicatela surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 Oct 2025 CST
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Zicatela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zicatela sea temperature is
29.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Zicatela today?

The current surf forecast for Zicatela at 11PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)--
Afternoon (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (20 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s

Table - waves today at Zicatela. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131314141414141414141414131616161616151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)440479493672553561561482482482450418249299367302201419372367367367362301
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
E
5
S
10
SW
0
WNW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
0
ENE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
0
NNE
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.76
2:16AM
0.99
2:39PM
0.76
3:00AM
1.03
3:25PM
0.76
3:43AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.24
8:54AM
0.22
8:30PM
0.22
9:39AM
0.18
9:12PM
0.19
10:20AM
0.15
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:20-------6:20-------6:22-
Sunset-6:04-------6:02-------6:02------
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-131-----121------11----
Temp. °C292826262524272929272626252528292928272625242729
Feels °C (?)333230302827303233323130292833323232313028273032
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oaxaca

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Zicatela (light winds from the WNW at Puerto Escondido Airport 3 km from Zicatela). 0.9m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 6s windswell from the ESE and a 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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2 h 46 min ago

9 km/h
WNW
Clean
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